Congratulations to Former Chief Herby Farquhar on his 50th Anniversary at the Banksville Fire Department.

Herby joined the department in December of 1973 where he served in every line officer position, serving numerous terms as Assistant Chief and then becoming department Chief in 1978. Herby throughout all of his terms served a total of 9 years as Chief.

Herby was very involved with the original ... (Full Story & Photos)

Congratulations to Former Chief Bob McCullough on his 55th Anniversary at the Banksville Fire Department.

Bob served as department Chief in 1977 and still attends every monthly meeting and Fire Department function such as our annual Turkey Jamboree. Thank you for your years of service!

Congratulations Bob!... (Full Story & Photos)

October 7th, 2023, BIFD members participated in a 5K hosted by the Sayin’ Alive charity.

Their mission is raising money for First Responders of Northern Westchester (to date: 89 grants have been given, over $430,000).

This year, BIFD received a grant from Stayin' Alive for:
- 2 Cold water/ice rescue suit kits
- 2 Reach N' Sling floatation/rescue device
- 2 PrincetonTec Quad Tac MPLD Headlamp's

We ... (Full Story & Photos)

@ 10:44, Banksville FD was dispatched to “MIANUS RIVER GORGE PRESERVE” on a report of an injured hiker. 60 Control Dispatchers advised the hiker was approximately 2 miles into the woods and was going to be unable to exit without FD/EMS Assistance

@ 10:51, Car 2581 arrived on location establishing command. UTV/ATV vehicles were requested to assist with transporting the injured party out of the woods.

Bedford ... (Full Story & Photos)

2023 ANNUAL MT KISCO PARADE

BIFD personnel attended the annual Mt Kisco Fire Department Parade yesterday. Mt Kisco did a great job organizing this event!

Tanker 7 brought back a trophy to Banksville -- winning the "Best Tanker" award!

Tanker 7 is a 2011 Mack / KME 1500 GPM, 3500-gallon water tank with a 4000-gallon portable pond.... (Full Story & Photos)